Yuba City Energy Center
Natural gas power plant · Sutter County, California
Nameplate capacity
47 MW
Rank in California
#464
of 1,897 plants
In service since
2002
August 2002
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Calpine Corp-Yuba City
- County
- Sutter County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.04%
- Rank among natural gas plants in California
- #137 of 309
- EIA plant code
- 55813
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CTG1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 47 MW | 47 MW | 2002 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
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About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 47 MW solar plant and a 47 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All California power plants · What California actually generates